Community Christian Counseling

What Community Christian Counseling does

Community Christian Counseling is a privately held, solo counseling practice based at 77 Mill Street, Suite 300, Westfield, Massachusetts, owned and operated by founder Linda Hawley, M.Ed., LMHC, an ordained minister with over 23 years of experience in the mental health field and 15+ years running the practice. The practice offers individual, couples, and family counseling using a whole-person framework that addresses body, soul, and spirit, integrated with a Biblically-based, Spirit-led approach. It serves a mix of believers, non-believers, laypeople, ministry leaders, and professionals, and applies a pro-resolution (rather than pro-gender) stance in couples work.

The business operates as a traditional professional services practice rather than a technology or software company. No proprietary platform, app, API, or AI capability is disclosed; clients schedule appointments by phone (413-569-3135) or email ([email protected]), and the practice is accepted as a preferred provider with multiple health insurance companies. Its core differentiators are the integration of clinical mental health expertise with ordained-ministry credentials, a clearly articulated Statement of Faith, and referral relationships through Gateway Christian Fellowship Church in West Haven, CT and Qualifying Times Ministries, where Hawley serves as counseling pastor.

Revenue is generated on a fee-for-service, session-based model through direct appointments, with no disclosed pricing, no marketing channels, no app or web-based intake, and no funding history. The practice is bootstrapped, self-funded, and geographically confined to a single office in the Northeast US, with no disclosed subsidiaries, parent company, M&A activity, or expansion plans.

Name

Community Christian Counseling

Legal name

Community Christian Counseling

Website

https://communitychristiancounseling.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Community Christian Counseling is a solo, faith-based private counseling practice in Westfield, Massachusetts, founded by Linda Hawley, M.Ed., LMHC, offering Biblically-grounded individual, couples, and family counseling on a session-based, insurance-accepted model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counseling Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Christian counseling services
• Individual therapy sessions
• Couples counseling
• Family therapy services
• Mental health counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Westfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Counseling Services: Fee-for-service counseling sessions billed per appointment. Accepts health insurance from multiple providers as a preferred provider.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Community Christian Counseling provides individual, couples, and family counseling services rooted in a Christian faith-based perspective, delivered by licensed clinician Linda Hawley (LMHC) in Westfield, Massachusetts. Sessions are offered in person and via phone/telehealth, with fees paid by clients out-of-pocket or through accepted health insurance plans.

Product overview

Community Christian Counseling operates as a single-service counseling practice offering individual, couples, and family counseling services. The core offering is counseling ministry led by Linda Hawley, M.Ed., LMHC, who provides Biblically-based, Spirit-led counseling. The practice takes a holistic whole-person approach addressing body, soul, and spirit. There are no separate named software products, platforms, or modules—the company is a traditional counseling service business rather than a technology or software company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Counseling One-on-one Christian-based mental health counseling sessions for adults dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, or other personal issues. Delivered by licensed clinician Linda Hawley (LMHC) in Westfield, MA via in-person or phone/telehealth sessions.
• Couples Counseling Christian-based couples/marriage counseling for partners experiencing relationship conflict, communication breakdowns, or marital distress. Delivered by LMHC Linda Hawley in Westfield, MA via in-person or phone/telehealth sessions.
• Family Counseling Christian-based family systems counseling for households dealing with parent-child conflict, blended family issues, or family-wide stressors. Delivered by LMHC Linda Hawley in Westfield, MA via in-person or phone/telehealth sessions.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Gateway Christian Fellowship ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinda Hawley serves as part of the leadership team at Gateway Christian Fellowship Church in West Haven, CT. This church partnership supports her ministry and counseling practice.
• Qualifying Times MinistriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinda Hawley serves as counseling pastor of Qualifying Times Ministries. This ministry partnership aligns with her counseling practice and faith-based approach.
• American Association of Christian CounselorsminorOthersProfessional membership association for Christian counseling professionals. Provides networking, resources, and professional development for faith-based mental health practitioners.
• International Society of Deliverance MinistersminorOthersProfessional association for ministers engaged in deliverance ministry. Supports faith-based counseling and spiritual healing practices.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Talkspace: An online therapy platform connecting clients to licensed therapists via text, audio, and video, with insurance and EAP partnerships. Comparable as a broad incumbent outpatient mental health provider that competes for the same pool of insured individual therapy clients that Community Christian Counseling serves.
• BetterHelp: The largest online counseling platform offering licensed therapist matching with subscription-based messaging, phone, and video sessions. Comparable as a competing outpatient mental health service channel, especially for insured and secular clients, and represents the technological scale Community Christian Counseling lacks with no app, telehealth, or platform.

Direct peers

• Focus on the Family: A large Christian counseling and referral organization that connects believers to faith-based counseling services. Directly comparable to Community Christian Counseling as both serve Christian clients seeking Biblically-integrated mental health support, though Focus on the Family operates at much greater scale and as a national referral network rather than a solo private practice.
• New Growth Ministries: A Christian counseling and education ministry providing faith-based counseling and resources. Directly comparable to Community Christian Counseling in mission, theological orientation, and integration of counseling with ministry work, though it serves a broader geographic footprint.
• Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF): A faith-based organization that trains biblical counselors and offers counseling referrals from a Christian worldview. Directly comparable to Community Christian Counseling because both provide Biblically-based counseling grounded in reformed/evangelical theology and serve clients seeking integration of faith and mental health.
• Biblical Counseling Center: A faith-based counseling practice and training ministry that offers in-person and remote Biblical counseling services. Directly comparable as a small-to-mid-size faith-integrated counseling provider with similar theological grounding and a whole-person orientation similar to Community Christian Counseling's body-soul-spirit framing.

Emerging players

• Grow Therapy: An online platform that connects clients with therapists who accept their insurance and supports solo practitioners with billing and credentialing. Comparable as an emerging insurance-network therapy platform competing for the same outpatient mental health clients and increasingly attracting the solo private practitioners that Community Christian Counseling represents.
• Headway: A platform that helps licensed therapists accept insurance by handling credentialing, billing, and marketing. Directly comparable because it competes for the same in-network insurance panel flow that Community Christian Counseling relies on as a preferred provider, and it enables solo practitioners to scale their insurance-based practices without traditional overhead.

Others

• American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC): The largest professional association for Christian counseling professionals, of which Community Christian Counseling's founder is already a member. Relevant as an ecosystem/credentialing body rather than a competitor; it sets standards and provides referrals for faith-based counselors.
• Calm: A consumer mental wellness and meditation app serving individuals seeking stress, anxiety, and sleep support. Comparable only at the broadest category level as an adjacent mental health and wellness offering that competes for the same self-help portion of the demand funnel but is not a substitute for licensed clinical counseling.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/community-christian-counseling

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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